Bible Verses About Debt to Family
Ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community
These are the Bible verses most often cited for debt to family, ranked by the OpenBible.info topical community across 502 votes, led by Proverbs 22:7. Each passage links to its verse page or the interactive map; scripture is the King James Version.
Top verses about Debt to Family
Proverbs 22:726 votes
The rich ruleth over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender.
Matthew 6:2424 votes
No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.
Romans 13:824 votes
Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law.
Psalms 37:2123 votes
The wicked borroweth, and payeth not again: but the righteous sheweth mercy, and giveth.
Romans 13:723 votes
Render therefore to all their dues: tribute to whom tribute is due; custom to whom custom; fear to whom fear; honour to whom honour.
1 Timothy 5:823 votes
But if any provide not for his own, and specially for those of his own house, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel.
Luke 14:2822 votes
For which of you, intending to build a tower, sitteth not down first, and counteth the cost, whether he have sufficient to finish it?
Proverbs 13:1120 votes
Wealth gotten by vanity shall be diminished: but he that gathereth by labour shall increase.
Matthew 6:1220 votes
And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.
Deuteronomy 15:619 votes
For the Lord thy God blesseth thee, as he promised thee: and thou shalt lend unto many nations, but thou shalt not borrow; and thou shalt reign over many nations, but they shall not reign over thee.
Luke 6:3018 votes
Give to every man that asketh of thee; and of him that taketh away thy goods ask them not again.
Hebrews 13:518 votes
Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.
Proverbs 3:2717 votes
Withhold not good from them to whom it is due, when it is in the power of thine hand to do it.
Romans 13:216 votes
Whosoever therefore resisteth the power, resisteth the ordinance of God: and they that resist shall receive to themselves damnation.
Proverbs 22:215 votes
The rich and poor meet together: the Lord is the maker of them all.
Proverbs 22:26-2715 votes
Be not thou one of them that strike hands, or of them that are sureties for debts.
Matthew 6:215 votes
Therefore when thou doest thine alms, do not sound a trumpet before thee, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may have glory of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.
Proverbs 22:2613 votes
Be not thou one of them that strike hands, or of them that are sureties for debts.
Proverbs 11:1512 votes
He that is surety for a stranger shall smart for it: and he that hateth suretiship is sure.
Matthew 5:4212 votes
Give to him that asketh thee, and from him that would borrow of thee turn not thou away.
Philippians 4:1912 votes
But my God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus.
Deuteronomy 28:1211 votes
The Lord shall open unto thee his good treasure, the heaven to give the rain unto thy land in his season, and to bless all the work of thine hand: and thou shalt lend unto many nations, and thou shalt not borrow.
Proverbs 3:1-27:2711 votes
My son, forget not my law; but let thine heart keep my commandments:
Proverbs 22:611 votes
Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.
Matthew 6:3311 votes
But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.
What does the Bible say about debt to family?
Readers most often cite Proverbs 22:7 on the subject of debt to family. Across 502 votes, 25 passages are commonly cited for this topic, including Matthew 6:24, Romans 13:8, Psalms 37:21. This page lists all 25 in ranked order, quoted in the King James Version, with each linked to its cross-references.